Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 237 Linluyuan

Pei Nai opened his eyes, and the first person he saw was Ju Liancheng.

There was a rare look of worry on his face, "You are Pei Nai, right?"

The memory she just had had such a huge impact on her that Pei Nai was still a little dazed.

She propped herself up and sat up, wiping away the tears she had in her sleep, and said blankly, "Of course it's me, why do you ask?"

She looked at her hand, which was still Mingzhi's body.

Ju Liancheng pointed to a piece of Hun Shu slice lying on a handkerchief beside the bed, "Your Hun Shu slice."

Pei Nai sensed under his tongue that there was now a complete piece of solid wood, but it was a new growth, the roots were not firmly rooted, and there were still some protrusions.

"I followed what Senior Zhong said, fearing that something might go wrong and it would be him who woke up instead of you. Then when the Western Territory invades Tianyao, I'll go to the underground to see my father and he'll beat me to death." Ju Liancheng breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to vent his stress.

Pei Nai glanced at him, "But weren't you already dead by then?"

Ju Liancheng glanced at her speechlessly.

The little yellow dog Gungun squatted on the ground, barked at her, and wagged his tail to remind her of his presence.

"Eh? Gungun is here too?" Pei Nai bent down and touched its head.

Ju Liancheng nodded, "We were washed down together by the flood. If it hadn't been for it shouting everywhere and following the sound and smell to attract Elder Zhong who was looking for us, I would probably still be alive, but you would definitely be dead."

"How many days has it been since we were washed away?" Pei Nai asked.

Ju Liancheng answered her, "When I woke up, it was already midnight on the first day. Yesterday, Senior Zhong took out the Hunshu slices and asked me to clean and replace them for you. Today is the third day."

Pei Nai then noticed that Ju Liancheng's legs were wrapped in a white cloth. She asked in surprise, "Are you injured?"

"Well, he will be lame for a while, but he can recover." Ju Liancheng disagreed.

Pei Nai nodded, "By the way, if you smell Lin's wounded water, won't you die? The tree pieces have been destroyed like this, why am I still alive?"

Ju Liancheng closed his eyes, as if he was missing someone.

He replied, "Old Master Zhong said that Mingzhi's body was clinging to you, not letting you leave, locking your consciousness in your brain, and preserving the last bit of the tree until he found you. That's why you were lucky enough to survive. It's a miracle."

Pei Nai's tears could no longer be held back and flowed down.

So, what does she have to fear?
She has countless people behind her who support her and believe in her unconditionally.

Even though Tang Mingzhi had already passed away due to illness, her body's subconscious reaction was still trying hard to hold her back.

Pei Nai's physique was indeed not as strong as Yue Cang's, but the body connected to her stood firmly with her and gave her strength in every way possible.

"Where are we now?" Pei Nai calmed down and asked Ju Liancheng.

Ju Liancheng looked around at the primitive stone walls. "The fortress where the survivors of the Lu Kingdom are located is near Luyuan. The Wu tribe army has been patrolling intensively outside the secret realm, and Senior Zhong brought us here."

"Where is the senior?" Pei Nai wanted to see him one last time.

Ju Liancheng replied: "On the top of the fortress, I have forgotten the world."

Pei Nai stood up and, under the guidance of Ju Liancheng, climbed up the stairs in the center of the fortress one step at a time.

The fortress passage was bustling with people, and many Lu people were gathering and chatting.

They looked at Pei Nai and whispered to each other.

Senior Zhong was on a mid-air platform far out of the top of the mountain.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, his back straight, facing the mountains and rivers in the distance.

His face was kind, with a smile on his lips, and he looked calm and peaceful.

As if just falling asleep.

He placed two palms on his knees to welcome his death.

Pei Nai pointed at his two hands, which were placed slightly differently, and said to Ju Liancheng: "This one is the Dingguang Compassion Palm, which symbolizes salvation; and this one is the Shuiyun Palm, which symbolizes freedom."

"How did you know that?" Ju Liancheng twitched his eyes, thinking that she was a little outrageous.

Pei Nai smiled and said, "I can just tell." She squatted down and looked at Senior Zhong in front of her.

Elder Zhong replaced the pure tree piece with her and let go of his last worry. He no longer had any contact with the world and finally achieved perfection.

All dharmas do not reach each other, so one can be liberated wherever one is.

Pei Nai placed her two palms on Senior Zhong's palms and said to him, "Go, Senior, leave the rest to me."

Pei Nai and Ju Liancheng returned to the main building complex of Linluyuan under the gazes of everyone.

Linluyuan is hidden in the middle of the mountain, with the original rocks and vegetation as its outer cover. The whole is composed of five cylindrical circular buildings.

The building is divided into four small ones, with the highest being ten stories and the lowest being three stories. The middle part is hollowed out and open to the sky, while the outside is composed of caves of various sizes.

These caves were originally used to store stones and medicinal plants transported from secret places by the Valley Kingdom. Now they have been vacated by the Lu people for human habitation.

There are also many cave stone paths in the mountains for walking around.

There are about a thousand survivors here. There are a lot of clothes hanging out to dry in the center of each circular building, and the atmosphere is full of life.

Linluyuan’s meeting and command hall is on the sixth floor of the largest circular building, and below it is the main entrance of Linluyuan hidden in the mountain.

The command hall occupies almost one-third of the entire floor and is semi-circular in shape, like a broken jade ring.

The inner wall was connected to the outer mountain wall and had a circle of dark windows, hidden by vines but large enough for everyone to see what was happening on the plain outside.

The enemy's beast attack is clearly visible.

The entire command hall is also used for office work, with people coming and going. In the middle is a map of the entire territory of the State of Lu, on which the exploration status of materials is marked.

When Pei Nai and Ju Liancheng went in, there was a dispute and conflict going on inside.

The leader of the fortress, Chai Yaojin, whom they had met before, was scolding the last batch of material collection team that had returned, "At such a critical moment, knowing that the Wu tribe was wandering around the secret realm, you still dared to come back through the main gate?!"

Pei Nai was surprised because Chai Yaojin spoke in Lu Mandarin, but she actually understood what he said.

Is it because she brought the Hunshu slices from Senior Zhong, and his memory experience involved language communication, did it have an impact on her brain?

Pei Nai tried it.

Perhaps it was because the Hunshu tablets could provide short-term memories of previous users, which changed some of the cognitions in her brain.

Although she could roughly understand Lu Guoyu, she had never learned or practiced this language, so her mind was blank when she opened her mouth. She could only listen but not speak.

At this moment, other Lu people are making excuses for themselves.

"We have confirmed repeatedly that there are no scouts following us." said a Lu country man.

"Don't you know how cunning the Wu clan is?" Chai Yaojin was furious. He yelled at the person in charge of opening the gate mechanism, "Who told you to open the main gate and let them in?!"

Some people wanted to explain, but were quickly stopped by the people around them.

Everyone lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

Chai Yaojin looked around at everyone, "Okay now, we need at least three days to make sure the fortress is not exposed."

"Nothing will happen. We have been very cautious!" members of the material collection team emphasized.

Tu Xun, another person Pei Nai was familiar with, had a serious expression on his face at this moment.

He looked at Pei Nai who had just entered the room, shook his head and said, "Recently, things are very special. A war is about to break out between the East and West Territories. The mountains in the secret realm were blown down because the Wu tribe wanted to ambush General Pei. They have been patrolling the periphery, and they are also trying to prevent General Pei from leaving Lu Country alive, at all costs."

Pei Nai did not deny that her arrival would bring great danger to Lin Luyuan.

Everyone looked over with Tu Xun, their attention focused on Pei Nai and Ju Liancheng.

A female team member asked questioningly: "Who is General Pei?"

Pei Nai didn't speak Lu Mandarin, so he pointed at himself, then smiled politely and waved his hand as a greeting.

Some Lu people laughed out loud.

They seemed to think that Chai Yaojin and Tu Xun were unreasonable and suspected that they had been bewitched.

(End of this chapter)